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NPR's Julie McCarthy reports on the controversy over Japan's anti-subversive law. The law is aimed at members of terrorist organizations. But Japanese authorities are toying with using it against member of Aum Shinrikyo (AWM shin-RIH-kyo), the religious cult that released poisonous gas on the subway -- raising fears that the government will start suppressing dissident groups.

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